Saturday, April 6, 2013

If this whole NP thing doesnt work out, I would be a great extreme couponer

So these last few weeks have been hard and sad. I unexpectedly resigned from my job. The federal government decided they needed our savings account more than we did. And then Abby's dog died on Dance Moms and that dog was like her child and it was really hard watching Abby go through all that. But there have been some silver linings. I have had several people buy me drinks and nachos out of pity. Also for once I LOST weight from stress, instead of gaining it. My economic future may have been uncertain these last few weeks, but man I look good filling out job applications in my skinny jeans.

Its funny I have been saying I really just want some time to myself and to lose weight, well I have done both. I always thought if I just had time I would plant a garden, go do yoga and meditate, ect. And I would love to say thats what I have been doing, but actually mostly I have been eating Chick-Fila chicken biscuits and watching bad reality tv and kind of moping.But I have worn yoga pants at least so that should count for something. And yes I feel guilty eating the Chick-Fila because its kind of like eating gay hate but I am sorry those damn biscuits are delicious. So all you fabulous gay people out there will have to forgive me, I think if you guys will just boycott Burger King next time theres some real long term potential for me to stick to that with you. It occurred to me yesterday after I spent the morning watching a marathon of Extreme Couponing, followed by a marathon of Sister Wives, and then the afternoon with Mandy Lay watching reruns of Beverly Hills 90210, that I need to get back to work. Turns out when I have alot of free time I eat junk food and do not contribute to society at all. It also occurred to me that I probably have some great potential as a possible Extreme Couponer. Other people may feel confusion and wonder why those people need those crazy stockpiles of deodorant and toothpaste, but I feel jealousy mixed with longing. I need a basement so I can start my crazy stockpile and annoy the crap out of checkout people with my 600 coupons for one transaction.

I am in the middle of getting on at Mitchell Cancer Center and I am pretty excited. It wont be fully official until next week, but they said I should be able to start within the next 2 weeks.In all seriousness I am very grateful that I will be staying in Oncology. I actually kind of love it. Plus we all know I would be really bad at doing pap smears at the Health Dept. During the interview they spoke about how they value, respect and appreciate their NP's alot, so I am optimistic. If you want to know a secret I am willing to work very hard, long hours and put up with alot of crap if you just tell me you are glad I am doing it. But I know I have to value and respect myself before other people can so I am working on that. I sang that Whitney Houston song "The Greatest Love of all" at the top of my lungs in the car the other day, so I am off to a great start.